View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird represented the Bedouin ideals of manhood?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Osprey.

2. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?
(a) In the mouth.
(b) In the chest.
(c) In the arm.
(d) In the back.

3. What crop did the Awlad 'Ali sow yearly?
(a) Barley.
(b) Flax.
(c) Oats.
(d) Wheat.

4. When was Lila's host mysteriously absent for a period?
(a) For her first two months in the field.
(b) Six months before the end of Lila's fieldwork.
(c) Toward the end of Lila's time in the field.
(d) For six months during the second year of Lila's fieldwork.

5. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Democratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali?

2. When Lila left, how many children did the Haj have?

3. Who wrote the "Alexandria Quartet?"

4. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?

5. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate into Egypt?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 210 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample